Poultry feeding and watering trough



July 20 1926., H J. D. RAY

POULTRY FEEDING AND WATERING THOUGH Filed March 26, 1925 Elwin/who:

F'atented July 20, 1926.

hll'li'Ett STAFS isaaie JAMES I). BAY, OF FORT VI'ORTH, TEXAS.

POULTRY FEEDING AND WATERING TROUGH.

Application filed. March 26, 1825.

My invention, which relates to poultry watering and feeding troughs, hasreference more specifically to gratings for preventing the poultry fromstepping into the trough, while permitting them to insert their heads.

The object of the invention is to provide an extremely simple andinexpensive, yet a very desirable construction, in which transversestrips of metal extend across an elongated opening in a sheet metalplate and are anchored to such plate in a unique manner, to provide thenecessary grating or guard.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subjectmatter herein after described and claimed, the description beingsupplemented by the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device constructed in accordance withmy invenion.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view as indicated by line22'of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical section on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Figure 41 is a sectional perspective view of a portion of the grating.

In the drawing above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates atrough of any desired shape and proportions, but preferably formed ofsheet metal, for instance, galvanized iron. I have shown a cover plate 2hinged at 3 to the back wall of the trough 1 and provided with adownwardly extending flange 4!; to surround the upper portion of thetrough. The cover may be held in closed position by any desired means.

The numeral designates a longitudinal opening formed in the top plate 2,the metal at the ends of this opening being preferably turned back uponthe body portion of the plate to provide reinforcements 6. The metal atthe longitudinal edges of the opening is similarly bent back to form apair of flanges 7 spaced from the body portion of the plate 2.Transverse sheet metal strips 8 extend across the opening 5 and acrossthe flanges 7, the ends of said strips being bent substantially uponthemselves to provide hooks 9 which are interposed between and SerialNo, 18,486.

ti htly held by the flanges 7 and the body portion of the plate 2.Preferably, the flanges are distorted adjacent the strips 8 toprovideshoulders 10 which abut opposite edges of said strips and thushold them against longitudinal sliding with respect to the plate 2. Inaddition to this securing means, the strips 8 may be soldered to theplate 2, as indicated at 11 in Fig. 2, and the co-acting flanges 7 andhooks 9 serve to effectively hold the strips in place while thesoldering operation is being performed.

In most instances, I prefer to form the strips 8 of less width at theirends, than throughout the major portions of their lengths, the edges ofsaid major portions being folded upon themselves to provide reinforcingflanges 12.

As excellent results may be obtained from the exact constructiondisclosed, it may well be followed. Iowever, within the scope of theinvention as claimed, modifications may be made and it will beunderstood that the improved grating formed by the plate 2 with itsopening 5, and the transverse strips 8 uniquely connected with saidplate, may be used at any desired location in connection with a poultryfeeder or waterer.

I claim:

A cover for a poultry feeding and watering device comprising, a sheetmetal plate having an elongated opening, the metal at the two opposedlongitudinal edges of said opening being turned back to provide a pairof flanges parallel with the body portion of the plate, relativelystationary metal strips extending across said opening; and said flanges,said strips having their ends bentsubstantially upon themselves toprovide hooks, the latter being held between said flanges and theadjacent portion of the plate, said flanges being distorted to provideshoulders abutting opposite edges of said strips to hold the latteragainst movement, longitudinally of the opening.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto af fixed my signature.

JAMES D. RAY.

